ʼĂchîyâh — H281

Definition

masculine proper noun

Achijah, the name of nine Israelites

1. Ahiah or Ahijah = "brother of Jehovah (Yahu)"
2. grandson of Phinehas
3. scribe of Solomon
4. a prophet who predicted the revolt of the Northern tribes
5. father of Baasha, who usurped the Northern throne
6. grandson of Hezron (or mother of 1-4 above)
7. a Benjamite, son of Ehud
8. one of David's heroes
9. a Levite during David's time
10. a chief man under Nehemiah

Usually translated as

Ahijah, Ahiah

Origin

or (prolonged) ʼĂchîyâhûw ; from H251 and H3050; brother (i.e. worshipper) of Jah

• Derived from ʼâch (H251)
• Derived from Yâhh (H3050)

Occurrences

ʼĂchîyâh occurs 24 times in 23 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (2), 1 Kings (13), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (4), 2 Chronicles (2), Nehemiah (1)

• 1 Samuel 14:3 — And Ahiah (וַאֲחִיָּ֣ה), the son of Ahitub, I-chabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD’s priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.
• 1 Samuel 14:18 — And Saul said unto Ahiah (לַֽאֲחִיָּ֔ה), Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel.
• 1 Kings 4:3 — Elihoreph and Ahiah (וַאֲחִיָּ֛ה), the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
• 1 Kings 11:29 — And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah (אֲחִיָּה֩) the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:
• 1 Kings 11:30 — And Ahijah (אֲחִיָּ֔ה) caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:
• 1 Kings 12:15 — Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah (אֲחִיָּ֣ה) the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
• 1 Kings 14:2 — And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah (אֲחִיָּ֣ה) the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people.
• 1 Kings 14:4 — And Jeroboam’s wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah (אֲחִיָּ֑ה). But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.
• 1 Kings 14:4 — And Jeroboam’s wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah (וַאֲחִיָּ֙הוּ֙) could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.
• 1 Kings 14:5 — And the LORD said unto Ahijah (אֲחִיָּ֗הוּ), Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman.
• 1 Kings 14:6 — And it was so, when Ahijah (אֲחִיָּ֜הוּ) heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.
• 1 Kings 14:18 — And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah (אֲחִיָּ֥הוּ) the prophet.
• 1 Kings 15:27 — And Baasha the son of Ahijah (אֲחִיָּה֙), of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
• 1 Kings 15:29 — And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah (אֲחִיָּ֥ה) the Shilonite:
• 1 Kings 15:33 — In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah (אֲחִיָּ֤ה) to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.
• 1 Kings 21:22 — And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah (אֲחִיָּ֑ה), for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.
• 2 Kings 9:9 — And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah (אֲחִיָּֽה):
• 1 Chronicles 2:25 — And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah (אֲחִיָּֽה).
• 1 Chronicles 8:7 — And Naaman, and Ahiah (וַאֲחִיָּ֛ה), and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud.
• 1 Chronicles 11:36 — Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah (אֲחִיָּ֖ה) the Pelonite,
• 1 Chronicles 26:20 — And of the Levites, Ahijah (אֲחִיָּ֗ה) was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
• 2 Chronicles 9:29 — Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah (אֲחִיָּ֣ה) the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
• 2 Chronicles 10:15 — So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah (אֲחִיָּ֣הוּ) the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
• Nehemiah 10:26 — And Ahijah (וַאֲחִיָּ֥ה), Hanan, Anan,